Premium #318 – Slowing wide-body fleet renewal
Wide-body passenger aircraft orders have slowed considerably over the last three years, as the following chart shows. Views: 22
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CAAC’s latest five year plan and Rule 96 – a boost for regional jet demand?
China’s Civil Aviation Administration re;eased its latest (13th) five year plan on February 3. In this plan there are five areas of focus: sustained safety of civil aviation, building a national integrated airport system, comprehensively improving aviation service capability, strengthening…
Into the next cycle: Commercial Aerospace 2030
AIR (AirInsightResearch) released its new forecast of the commercial aviation market to 2030. This analysis consists of a 32 page document with 37 charts highlighting the current and forecast market for the major aircraft OEMs (Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC,…
Good news for UAC
News from Russia today must be music to the corporate ears at UAC. After the recent tragic crash on Christmas day, we were not alone in thinking the Russian Air Force’s fleet of TU-154s were a cause for concern. The…
Premium #300 – Looking out to 2035
As the year-end approaches, we decided to see what an aircraft product forecast out to 2035 might look like for the key OEMs. While this is very long term, given the stage we are at in the current order/delivery cycle,…
MC-21 first flight delayed?
A report from Russia suggests that testing at TsAGI is being delayed because of missing parts (“shortfall of structural elements”) for the test vehicle. It seems the missing parts come from AeroComposite – Ulyanovsk and are being shipped by truck. …